PATAGONIA'S ERNESTO: Patagonia’s Ernesto is a magnificent light brown compact herdsire that improves every dam to her fullest potential. Before I purchased Ernesto, I bred numerous females to this dynamic male just to see what he could do. I discovered that I could take an average dam, breed her to Ernesto, and voila, he would produce a stunning offspring. This feat was proven when we had hundreds of the females assessed with their juvenile crias. Time and time again, the cria scored better than the dam so I knew I had something special going on with this male and one way to obtain improvement in the production of our breeding program. In many ways, Patagonia’s Ernesto has surpassed his one of a kind sire, Patagonia’s Lennox, and what Lennox has been able to achieve in his life-time. Ernesto’s dam, R&RR Irishea, is a light fawn from Ruth and Rodney Elvestad’s Canadian breeding program whose goal was to have lasting fine fleece, yet have the fleece to be the ultimate in density as well. Ruth operates Olds College in Canada working with fiber. Irishea is out of one of my very favorite males, CAVA Guivar Zorro, a true black import. He has many good breeding years left and would love to have the opportunity to prove it! Ernesto’s Show Record shows for itself: JUDGE'S CHOICE, 7x CHAMPION & 5x GET OF SIRE RIBBONS Ernesto's first crias hit the show ring in 2012 and continue to perform! PATAGONIA'S EL CANTO DE CHILE - LF Male 8/5/11 (5x Champion & Numerous Blue Ribbons) PATAGONIA'S BACCUS - TB Male 7/4/13 (3x Color Champ & Multi-Blue Ribbons) PATAGONIA'S MANTECOL - MB Male 7/26/13 (3x Champion & Multi-Blue Ribbons) PATAGONIA'S ENCHANTED LIGHT - LF Female 6/22/11 (2x Reserve Champ & Multi-Blue Ribbons) AUTUMNSUN'S MAJOR GENERAL - DRG Male 6/6/12 (2x Reserve Champ & Multi-Blue Ribbons) PATAGONIA'S PERFECTION - DF Female 8/20/2013 (Color Champ & Multi-Blue Ribbons) ESTATES ERNESTO'S KEEP SAKE - DB Female 9/1/2013 (Color Champ & Blue Ribbon) LIBERTYS ALLEGIANCE - TB Female 8/12/2014 (2x Champ & Multi-Blue Ribbons PATAGONIA'S FRANCO - MB Male 6/12/12 (Reserve Champ & Blue Ribbons) PATAGONIA'S DELFINA - MB Female 10/13/12 (Multi-Blue Ribbons) PATAGONIA'S REGALONA - MB Female 6/12/11 (Multi-Blue Ribbons) PATAGONIA'S ADELA - LF Female 6/30/12 (Blue Ribbon Winner) PATAGONIA'S ARIELE - MF Female 7/10/12 (Blue Ribbon Winner) PATAGONIA'S SHONSHONE - MF Female 7/16/12 (Blue Ribbon Winner) PATAGONIA'S ARCTICA - WH Female 9/11/12 (Blue Ribbon Winner) PATAGONIA ESTATES AZTEC - LB Male 6/27/2015 (Blue Ribbon Winner)

Ingenue's sire, R&RR Oliver Twist has consistently produced outstanding offspring in Canada and the United States, that exhibit fine, uniform micron in their fleeces, along with crimp and correct, solid conformation. Her paternal grandsire is CR&R HILACA TOPGUN 054K. Ingenue's dam, Patagonia's Rouge is a beautiful light rose grey female out of El Padre. Rouge is a proven Champion Producer including 4x Champion, Patagonia's Vinson Massif and Patagonia’s Amarilla Rose, who won Reserve Champion at the 2006 MAPACA Jubilee. Ingenue is an exceptional female. Not only is she a 3x Color Champion and 1x Reserve Champion herself, but she is also a 7x produce of dam winner! CHAMPION PRODUCER - Here are just a few of her amazing progeny ... PATAGONIA'S ANTONIO - MB Male 7/14/2010 (10x Color/Reserve Champion & Multiple Ribbon Winner) PATAGONIA'S EL CANTO DE CHILE - LF Male 8/5/2011 (5x Color/Reserve Champion & Multiple Ribbon Winner) PATAGONIA'S TWILIGHT - MRG Female 9/17/2012 (2014 Supreme Champion & Multiple Ribbon Winner) PATAGONIA'S ORABELLE - BB Female 10/3/2013 (Color Champion & 1st Place, CABA Classic 2014) Ingenue's offspring range in color from LF, MB, MRG and BB. On 7/14/10, Ingenue gave birth to an outstanding medium brown male sired by Patagonia's Lennox. On 8/5/11, Ingenue presented us with a wonderful light fawn male sired by Patagonia's Ernesto. On 9/17/12, Ingenue presented us with a gorgeous MRG female sired by Patagonia's Chief. On 10/3/13, Ingenue gave us a lovely bay black female sired by Patagonia's Admiral. On 7/13/15, Ingenue had a pretty medium brown female also sired by Patagonia's Ernesto. On 6/28/18, Ingenue gave birth to a nice-looking white male sired by Andean's Pegasus of Country Estates. On 7/3/19, Ingenue had a handsome fawn male sired by our incredible Snowmass Pure Passion. In 2020, Ingenue gave birth to a nice-looking light fawn male. On 6/21/22, Ingenue gave us a lovely medium fawn female sired by 5x champion, Red Granites Lapu.